Café All Rounder

Elephant Garden Creamery is an artisanal ice cream shop seeking an individual to help produce batches of ice cream and also help serve our guests. As a small business in the Grandview-Woodland area, we are currently building a fun and community oriented team that has a solid appreciation for amazing ice cream flavours. If you are looking for a passionate, progressive and productive work environment with ice cream as the core focus, we would like to hear from YOU!

Key responsibilities but are not limited to:

• Closely working with Production Manager to meet production needs by meticulously churning ice cream to be packed as pints or tubs in a clean and orderly work environment
• Cleaning and sanitizing ice cream machine and utensils with the utmost care
• Maintaining the cleanliness of the FoodSafe kitchen area
• Preparing ingredients for ice cream batching
• Organizing kitchen space when needed
• Receiving ingredients properly and storing it away to its appropriate location
• Ensures quality control measures are being taken and food safety standards are maintained
• General dishwashing duties
• Ingredient, packaging and ice cream inventory checks and following FIFO

Front of House Staff responsibilities and duties:

• Describe the flavour lineup knowingly with enthusiasm
• Provide positive, attentive and engaging customer service
• Able to consistently serve all menu items to meet our quality and presentation standards
• Promote sustainability by following recycling and composting procedures
• Operate our POS and be able to handle cash or credit/debit transactions
• Maintain a clean and organized area at all times
• Perform opening and closing duties
• At times must be able to work comfortably alone with minimal supervision
• Other duties as assigned by management

Requirements:

• Being a foodie is part of your passion in life
• Enjoys working in a kitchen environment
• Can lift up to 25kg (~55 lbs)
• Can stand for long periods of time (6-7 hours)
• Be comfortable with repetitive tasks and physical work
• Must be able to follow structured recipe instructions and be familiar on how to scale ingredients
• Strong communicator with warm energy and always has willingness to learn
• Strives to be efficient via collaborative teamwork with food safety in mind and without compromising quality by ensuring consistency of products being produced
• Takes accountability for your results and takes pride in your work
• Ready to contribute to a growing team
• Values in creating a cold comfort product that brings joy in simple ways and to build a connection amongst the community with premium ice cream as the medium
• Comfortable handling cold product

You have the following:

• Food Safe Level 1 Certificate
• Currently in Post-Secondary Education or graduated.
• 1+ Baking/ Culinary experience
• Strong references

Benefits:

• Tips
• Free ice cream on shift
• Paid sick days

We'd like to thank all candidates for their interest, however only those candidates being considered for an interview will be contacted.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Salary: $17.50 per hour

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

• Tips

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Vancouver, BC V5N 4B2: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Kitchen: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-03-31
Expected start date: 2024-04-01